Mount Vernon school officials relieved after budget narrowly passes

10:00 PM,
Jun. 19, 2013

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Lending credence to the notion that every vote counts, the Mount Vernon schools budget passed by just 20 votes on the second try.

It took a day to determine the outcome, not because there were so many votes - turnout was again low - but because school officials had to wait until midday Wednesday for 26 affidavit ballots to be verified. Another three were disallowed.